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of the Appenines , and on the point of two roads , one of which leads to Tuscany , and the other over the Appenines , to Ancona . It was in that position , which appears to have been chosen with great judgment , that the French army halted . General Mack , with a view of dislodging it , and also , probably , with a view of cutting off its retreat into the Cisalpine Republic , attempted jo turn it by Terui , while he attacked it in front towards Civita C-tstellana . In both these attacks he was defeated with considerable loss , as will be seen by the subsequent part of this narrative . ' On the 28 th , General Mack orclered-Geiieral Bouchard to send the following summons to the Castle of St . Angelo :

' The Commandant in Chief of the Neapolitan army has desired me to hvfbrm you , that he has learned with the most lively indignation , that you have dared to fire on his troops , and still more so , because General Champ ionet had notified to him that he Would evacuate Rome without making the smallest resistance . He desires me to declare to you , that ail the French tvho are sick in the hospitals at Rome , as well as the guards whom your General has left there , and who have been detained as prisoners , will be

considered as hostages , and that every shot which you may fire upon the Neapolitan troops shall be followed by the death of a French soldier , who shall be g iven up to the just indignation of the inhabitants .. You will yourself be answerable for the fate of these unhappy victims . ' The next day , General Macdonald made the reply which follows to this extraordinary summons , from his head quarters at Monteon Therozi : ¦ ' The-Commander in Chief , Sir , has sufficient confidence in me to recognize as his own the reply which I now make to your letter ofthe 28 th of November . I well know that he has not given any answer to your letters '

respecting the evacuation of the forts and strong places , and we consider ' the Castle of St . Angelo as one of these . The silence of contempt was certainly what was due to your insolent menaces qn this subject , and this was the-only answer that could be expected consistentl y with the dignity of the French name . You speak of a regard for justice ! and yet you invade the territory of a Republic in alliance with France , without provocation , and without its ' having given you the least reason for such conduct , You have attacked the :

French troops , who trusted in the most sacred defence , the lav / of nations , and the security of treaties . You have shot ' at our flags of truce which were proceeding from Tivoli to Vicavero , and you have made the French garrison ' at Ricti prisoners of war . You have attacked our troops on the heights of Terui , and yet you do not call that a declaration of war ! Force alone , Sir , constrained us to evacuate Rome ; but , believe me , ( and you , Sir , know better than any one what I say ) , that the conquerors of Europe will avenge inch proceedings .

' At present I confine myself merely to stating our injuries : the French Army will do the rest . I-declare to j'ou , Sir , that I place our sick , the Commissary of War , Valvilie , and the other Frenchmen who have remained at Rome to take care of them , under the protection of all lire soldiers whom you ' command . If a hair of their heads be hurt , it shall be the signal for the faith of all the Neapolitan army . The French Republicans are not assassins ; tat the Neapolitan Centrals , the Officers , and the Soldiers , who were taken

prisoners of war on the day before yesterday on the heights of Terni , shall answer with their heads for their safety . Your summons to the Commander of the Fort of St . Angelo is of such a nature , that I have made it public , in order to add to the indignation and to the horror which your threats inspire , tod which we despise as much as we'think that there is little to be dreadedfrom them . ' " . " In the mean while General Rusca , commanding the advanced corp of ths VOL . XI . ¦ 3 ft , '

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LONDON: Article 1
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 2
Untitled Article 2
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 2
Untitled Article 4
MEMOIR OF JOHN ERRRINGTON, ESQ. Article 5
ANECDOTES. Article 6
THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BARON NELSON OF THE NILE, &c. Article 7
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ELOQUENCE OF MR. FOX AND LORD NORTH. Article 12
CURIOUS ACCOUNT GIVEN BY THE DUMB PHILOSOPHER. Article 13
BURKIANA: Article 20
SEIKS OR SIQUES. Article 24
ON THE PASSION OF LOVE. Article 25
AN ODE FROM SAPPHO. Article 25
THE MIRROR OF THE SPIS. Article 26
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM PITT . Article 30
NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE. Article 36
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF JOHN WOLCOTT, M.D. Article 45
BON MOT. Article 48
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY . Article 49
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 53
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 57
NEGRO GIRL. WRITTEN EXTEMPORE. Article 61
A MODERN SONNET. TO A HOT PYE. Article 61
TO ANNE. Article 61
TO THE SHADE OF ZIMMERMAN. Article 61
TO EUDORA. Article 61
TO EUDORA. Article 62
AN ELEGY ON BURNS THE POET. Article 62
THE ROSE. Article 62
BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 63
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. Article 65
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 69
OBITUARY. Article 73
CONTENTS. Article 77
LONDON: Article 77
Untitled Article 78
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 78
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 79
HISTORY OF THE IRISH REBELLION . Article 84
TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. Article 94
A REVIEW OF THE CONDUCT OF THE FRENCH Article 96
THE MIRROR OF THESPIS. Article 101
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 104
TRESSEL-BOARD TO THE BIBLE. Article 110
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLIGATIONS. Article 111
BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 113
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. Article 117
THE ROMAN CONSULS TO THE CITIZENS COMMISSIONERS OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, DATED AT ROME, OCT. 19, 179 8. Article 119
Untitled Article 121
EVACUATION OF ST. DOMINGO. Article 134
CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES Article 135
RECAPITULATION OF THE CAPTURES Article 168
NEGOTIATION AT RASTADT BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE GERMAN EMPIRE. Article 169
CAPTURE OF MALTA, AND SUBVERSION OF ITS GOVERNMENT. Article 171
DECLARATION OF WAR BY THE SUBLIME PORTE AGAINST FRANCE. Article 176
REBELLION OF PASSWAN OGIOU. Article 181
NEW LEVY AND CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE. Article 182
AMERICA. Article 186
Untitled Article 187
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of the Appenines , and on the point of two roads , one of which leads to Tuscany , and the other over the Appenines , to Ancona . It was in that position , which appears to have been chosen with great judgment , that the French army halted . General Mack , with a view of dislodging it , and also , probably , with a view of cutting off its retreat into the Cisalpine Republic , attempted jo turn it by Terui , while he attacked it in front towards Civita C-tstellana . In both these attacks he was defeated with considerable loss , as will be seen by the subsequent part of this narrative . ' On the 28 th , General Mack orclered-Geiieral Bouchard to send the following summons to the Castle of St . Angelo :

' The Commandant in Chief of the Neapolitan army has desired me to hvfbrm you , that he has learned with the most lively indignation , that you have dared to fire on his troops , and still more so , because General Champ ionet had notified to him that he Would evacuate Rome without making the smallest resistance . He desires me to declare to you , that ail the French tvho are sick in the hospitals at Rome , as well as the guards whom your General has left there , and who have been detained as prisoners , will be

considered as hostages , and that every shot which you may fire upon the Neapolitan troops shall be followed by the death of a French soldier , who shall be g iven up to the just indignation of the inhabitants .. You will yourself be answerable for the fate of these unhappy victims . ' The next day , General Macdonald made the reply which follows to this extraordinary summons , from his head quarters at Monteon Therozi : ¦ ' The-Commander in Chief , Sir , has sufficient confidence in me to recognize as his own the reply which I now make to your letter ofthe 28 th of November . I well know that he has not given any answer to your letters '

respecting the evacuation of the forts and strong places , and we consider ' the Castle of St . Angelo as one of these . The silence of contempt was certainly what was due to your insolent menaces qn this subject , and this was the-only answer that could be expected consistentl y with the dignity of the French name . You speak of a regard for justice ! and yet you invade the territory of a Republic in alliance with France , without provocation , and without its ' having given you the least reason for such conduct , You have attacked the :

French troops , who trusted in the most sacred defence , the lav / of nations , and the security of treaties . You have shot ' at our flags of truce which were proceeding from Tivoli to Vicavero , and you have made the French garrison ' at Ricti prisoners of war . You have attacked our troops on the heights of Terui , and yet you do not call that a declaration of war ! Force alone , Sir , constrained us to evacuate Rome ; but , believe me , ( and you , Sir , know better than any one what I say ) , that the conquerors of Europe will avenge inch proceedings .

' At present I confine myself merely to stating our injuries : the French Army will do the rest . I-declare to j'ou , Sir , that I place our sick , the Commissary of War , Valvilie , and the other Frenchmen who have remained at Rome to take care of them , under the protection of all lire soldiers whom you ' command . If a hair of their heads be hurt , it shall be the signal for the faith of all the Neapolitan army . The French Republicans are not assassins ; tat the Neapolitan Centrals , the Officers , and the Soldiers , who were taken

prisoners of war on the day before yesterday on the heights of Terni , shall answer with their heads for their safety . Your summons to the Commander of the Fort of St . Angelo is of such a nature , that I have made it public , in order to add to the indignation and to the horror which your threats inspire , tod which we despise as much as we'think that there is little to be dreadedfrom them . ' " . " In the mean while General Rusca , commanding the advanced corp of ths VOL . XI . ¦ 3 ft , '

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